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[Chillitt]

Sorry Charlie, maybe I should have PMd you first.

i think there should be a sticky about it...
and dont panic .dear reader, i didn't miss the thread...

[MattF]

Cellulose thinners, I buy a gallon can of the standard thinner, not the anti-bloom stuff, from my local motorfactors for seven quid.

Cheers Vince.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Not a clue mate!

Watching 'aviation archives' at the mo. Blokes with plums in their mouths talking about spitfires etc .

I saw one the other day, all about the Apache helicopter, (not the very tanned native American)

[Apache]

I saw one the other day, all about the Apache helicopter, (not the very tanned native American)

The British one or the American one?

[BUSHWHACKER]

The British one or the American one?

British. Now I know that they have two engines, apparently if one engine gets shot, the other can still be used to fly it, and that the exhausts have a kind of diffuser so as to confuse radar, all clever stuff.

[Apache]

British. Now I know that they have two engines, apparently if one engine gets shot, the other can still be used to fly it, and that the exhausts have a kind of diffuser so as to confuse radar, all clever stuff.

Diffusers cool the engine exhaust, reducing the IR signature. Thats the one I work with!

[BUSHWHACKER]

Diffusers cool the engine exhaust, reducing the IR signature. Thats the one I work with!

It sure is a beauty, in an ugly kinda way.

They showed one version with every weapon available bolted to it, it could fight a war on it's own, very impressive!

[Apache]

It sure is a beauty, in an ugly kinda way.

They showed one version with every weapon available bolted to it, it could fight a war on it's own, very impressive!

$$$$$$ ugly in the flesh. I'd say it has a kind of purposeful presence. One of the embodiments of pure 'form follows function' design.